RAF Stanton Harcourt [entry point]
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RAF Stanton Harcourt [entry point]
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RAF Stanton Harcourt was an RAF training station located in Oxfordshire 7 miles (11 kms) west of Oxford.
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RAF Stanton Harcourt was opened in September 1940 as a satellite station to RAF Abingdon and used by 10 Operational Training Unit throughout the war. Whitleys were used until 1944 when they were replaced by Wellingtons. In July 1941 Halifaxes of 35 Squadron and 76 Squadron used the station as the base to attack the Scharnhorst. The station was also used by Beam Approach Flights with Oxfords and a Bomber Defence Training Flight with P-40s and Hurricanes. The station was closed in 1946.
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“RAF Stanton Harcourt [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/43991.
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